The FD-258 card is printed on standard letter-size paper (8.5 x 11 inches) and follows a strict format established by the FBI. The fingerprints must be captured clearly and accurately to meet the official requirements.
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The FD-258 card is printed on standard letter-size paper (8.5 x 11 inches) and follows a strict format established by the FBI. The fingerprints must be captured clearly and accurately to meet the official requirements.
While many countries have biometric verification processes, the FD-258 fingerprint card is accepted for specific procedures in some foreign jurisdictions. This includes professional licensing and visa applications requiring an FBI Background Check. If you need this document for an international process, expatgroup.co can help ensure it meets the requirements.
At expatgroup.co, we offer professional fingerprinting services in Medellín using a high-precision scanner. If you are outside Medellín, we also provide traditional ink and paper fingerprinting services in cities such as Bogotá, Santa Marta, Cartagena, Cali, and several others. Our experts ensure the prints meet official standards to avoid rejections or delays in your application.
Yes, the FD-258 card is a mandatory requirement to obtain the FBI Background Check, an essential document for U.S. citizens and residents applying for visas in Colombia.
The FD-258 fingerprint card is primarily used for obtaining an FBI Background Check. However, it is also accepted for other legal and administrative processes. At expatgroup.co, we provide a fingerprinting service that ensures the correct capture and printing of fingerprints on the FD-258 card, making it valid for multiple international procedures.
The FD-258 fingerprint card is the official form used by the FBI to collect and record fingerprints for criminal background checks. It is commonly required for various legal and administrative procedures, such as immigration processes, professional licenses, and other identity verification purposes.
If you are a foreign national, Colombian authorities generally require a background check from your home country rather than issuing one locally. However, if you have resided in Colombia for an extended period, you may request a judicial background certificate through official channels.
Obtaining an FBI background check from Colombia involves completing fingerprinting locally, submitting the prints to the FBI in the United States, and ensuring the document is legalized for use in Colombia. Our service provides comprehensive support for the entire process.
While Colombia does not directly conduct background checks on foreigners, applicants are being required to submit criminal record certificates from their home countries or other countries of a recent residence.
Background check is only required for some visas. But even if criminal records are mandatory only for certain visas, such as the retirement visa, the Colombian government has been requiring them as additional documentation for almost all visas, including marriage, investment, business, and digital nomad visa applications.
Any document drafted by a lawyer or a public official, as well as a large number of financial and academic documents with legal implications, need to be translated by a professional legal translator if it is to be used in a foreign country that speaks a different language than the country where the document originated.
The following are some of these documents:
And, in general, any legal, financial, academic, religious text, etc., which entails the creation of rights or obligations for a given party.
Expatgroup.co has, among its functions, that of a legal translation agency specializing in the translation of legal documents, documents issued by public administrations, business documents, financial documents, etc. For this purpose, our team of collaborators includes professional personnel specialized in the legal translation of documents in each of the aforementioned areas, which allows us to guarantee their absolute validity in Colombia and abroad.
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